Cherry-Evans picks up the ball from dummy half and strolls over untouched to set up a grandstand finish! He was too quick for Tolman and Pritchard and fended off Barba to score beside the posts. Lyon adds the extras.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30-24

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Foran chips early in the tackle count and Graham can't pick up the ball. Six more for the home side.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30-18

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Brilliant goal-line defence from the Bulldogs repels the Eagles and they work the ball up field.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30-18

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Stewart grubbers into the in-goal and Brown forces the ball. Bulldogs dropout.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30-18

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Hiku kicks for Taufua but Barba wins the race to the ball and bats it dead. Bulldogs dropout.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30-18

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Manly run the ball on the last and it's touched! Six more on the Bulldogs line.

Cherry-Evans gives the Eagles a glimmer of hope with a scintillating 60-metre try. They ran the ball on the last with Taufua taking on Williams down the sideline before passing to Matai. Matai then drew Barba and delivered the pass to his halfback to win the race to the corner. Lyon converts from the sideline.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30-18

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Manly run the ball on the last through Foran but his pass back to Ballin is knocked on.

Reynolds scores alongside the posts to put the Bulldogs back out by more than a converted try despite replays suggesting he was short of the line before losing possession. Hodkinson makes it 5 from 5 with the boot.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30-12

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VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Bulldogs try.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24-12

57

PENALTY Bulldogs. Manly offside.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24-12

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PENALTY Bulldogs. Manly offside.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24-12

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Horo chases Foran's kick into the in-goal before Barba uses his body well to shepherd the ball into the arms of Morris.

Horo crashes over next to the posts! Foran delivered a short ball for Buhrer to charge onto before he threw a miraculous pass to Horo who beat Barba to score. Lyon adds two more to close the gap to 12.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24-12

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PENALTY Eagles. Watmough has the ball stolen in a two-man tackle.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24-6

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Foran kicks into the in-goal but Barba picks up the ball before he's forced back despite replays suggesting it was the incorrect call. Bulldogs dropout.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24-6

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PENALTY Eagles. Perrett slows the play-the-ball down.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24-6

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Hodkinson plugs a kick to the corner for Williams to charge back into the defence.

Barba scores his second try of the night. The try started on their own side of halfway with Reynolds' pass finding Perrett who put Inu away down the touchline. Inu then found Reynolds back on the inside before he passed to Barba who loomed up in support. Hodkinson adds the extras again.

Taufua gets the Eagles on the board at the end of their fourth successive set with the ball on the Bulldogs line. Foran spun out of the tackle of Inu and Reynolds before lofting a pass to his winger who crossed in the corner. Lyon adds the extras from the sideline.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-6

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PENALTY Eagles. Shoulder charge.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-0

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Foran kicks towards Taufua but Perrett gets to the ball first before knocking on. Another Manly scrum 10m from the line.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-0

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Cherry-Evans forces the pass which is knocked down by the Bulldogs before Ennis and Williams exchange pleasantries. Manly scrum.

Pritchard scores for the Bulldogs! Hodkinson turns the big man on the inside before he muscled over the top of Watmough to bang the ball down. Hodkinson squeezes the ball just inside the left post to extend the lead to 18.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-0

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PENALTY Bulldogs. Lawrence with an arm on the head.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-0

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Cherry-Evans kicks towards the posts before Inu knocks it dead after Horo knocks on. 20m restart for the Bulldogs.

Barba scores the second try off Hodkinson's boot for the night! The kick was pinpoint beside the posts, where Foran and Matai impeded each other. Foran put the ball down in the contest, allowing Barba to score. Hodkinson adds the extras.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-0

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VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Bulldogs try.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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PENALTY Bulldogs. Eagles caught offside.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Foran kicks into the in-goal before the ball trickles dead. Bulldogs 20m restart.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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PENALTY Eagles. Eastwood and Graham not square at marker.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Hiku takes Reynolds bomb well and races out to the 20.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Cherry-Evans goes to the air and none of the Bulldogs players want to catch the ball, but they are awarded the penalty for offside.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Good set from the 'Dogs after scoring points. Hodkinson finds touch 20m from the Eagles line where they will feed a scrum.

Josh Morris scores the first try of the night! After not posing too many questions in their first set of six, Hodkinson kicked to the corner where Morris outleapt Williams to bang the ball down. He appeared to be injured in doing so, but is now moving freely. Hodkinson adds the extras.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Knock-on Manly. Watmough puts it down on just the second tackle trying to offload. Bulldogs scrum.

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We're underway!

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Michael Ennis leads the Bulldogs out onto Brookvale Oval. They head to the southern end where they will kick off.

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Fulltime in the Holden Cup and the Bulldogs have hung on to defeat the Sea Eagles 32-26.

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13 minutes remaining in the NYC and the Bulldogs 30 lead the Sea Eagles 20. First grade will kick off a little after 7.35pm.

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In TEAM CHANGES, the Manly side are 1-17 while there are two minor changes for the Bulldogs. James Graham and Josh Jackson will start, with Sam Kasiano and Tony Williams dropping back to the bench.

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Good evening footy fans and welcome to a very brisk Brookvale Oval on the Northern Beaches of Sydney for tonight's Round 14 encounter between the Sea Eagles and Bulldogs. The home side will look to bounce back from last week's surprising 18-16 loss across the Tasman while the Bulldogs are gaining momentum, after their 36-26 win in Townsville.